Glitter Bomb Explodes YouTube Star’s Popularity, Part Ex-NASA engineer makes 'glitter bomb' to get revenge on porch thieves. Image: Mark Rober Despite all of the cool inventions he created, the glitter bomb is clearly Rober’s greatest hit. It is also among the most complex: a combination of mechanical components, four smartphones, and a custom printed circuit board attached to a 3D-printed chassis. One of the mechanical components releases a pound of multi-colored glitter from a cup embedded into the device’s top. Basically, it consists of a motor and gear box attached to the cup, which faces upward, Rober said. “When you spin it, the centrifugal acceleration then pushes the glitter outwards in a very uniform pattern.” But Rober did not just want to fling glitter at thieves who stole his package. He wanted to humiliate them by posting their response in a video. That meant recording their expressions and cries as the glitter coated their pants and car ...
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